Abu Simbel: Entrance to the Speos of Hathor

Original Language TitleIbsamboul: Entreé du Spéos D'Hathor

Artist Maxime Du Camp (French, 1822 - 1894)

Date1855

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 12 1/4 inches (44.45 × 31.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2007.17.10

InscribedPrinted on mount at top: "Nubie;" lower right: "Gide et Baudry, Editeurs." Printed lower center on mount: "Ibsamboul. / Entrée de Spéos d'Hathor. / Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard, à Lille / Pl. 109."

MarkingsPrinted on mount lower left: "Maxime Du Camp."

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DescriptionTwo collossal figures on each side of a doorway; appears to be carved into a cliff. Hieroglyphics cover the wall. Original mountExhibition History

Exhibition History

Exploring Egypt: 19th Century Expeditionary Photography. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 6 - July 18, 2010, no cat.

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